سورة الصَّافات
Surah Al-Sâffât 37:140
Those Ranging in Ranks · Verse 140 of 182
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
Abdul Mannan Omar
(Recall the time) when he fled (from his people) towards the fully laden ship.
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to the ship (fully) laden,
Ahmed Ali
When he fled on the laden ship,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
(Remember) when he left like a runaway slave for a ship fully laden.
Daryabadi
Recall what time he ran away Unto a laden ship.
Faridul Haque
When he left towards the laden ship.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
When he fled to the laden ship,
Maulvi Sher Ali
When he fled to the laden ship;
Muhammad Asad
when he fled like a runaway slave onto a laden ship.
Muhammad Musin Khan
When he ran to the laden ship,
Muhammad Pickthall
When he fled unto the laden ship,
Muhammad Sarwar
He abandoned his people
Muhammed ali Shakir
When he ran away to a ship completely laden,
Rashad Khalifa
He escaped to the loaded ship.
Shabbir Ahmed
When he fled like a runaway slave onto a laden ship.
Commentary 37:140 ’Abaqaأَبَقَ means “to flee”.’Abaqaأَبَقَis a slave who flees from his master without any apparent reason. The verse refers to the migration of Jonas…
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
37:140 ’Abaqaأَبَقَ means “to flee”.’Abaqaأَبَقَis a slave who flees from his master without any apparent reason. The verse refers to the migration of Jonas from his land and his people. Migration is a universal phenomenon with all of the Prophets of Allâh, but the word used in the case of Jonas informs us that the circumstances for him were not so full of terror and fear as to make the migration binding upon him.